40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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Hey there cool kids!
Some Super Bowl.... hmmmm lol
any way....
Kelly- Awesome!
Beeps- Alf is right .8 is so close, you are a rockstar!
Ruby- good for you- new shoes are a good reward
Alf- so cool to see you like the fasting. I always feel so energized when I do one!
Pulling an all nighter to catch up on laundry and stuff that has piled up! May play on the xbox or watch a movie along the way! I may even dust! lol
Hope you all had a great weekend and an even better upcoming week!
Keep rocking it! xoxo
Chelle
Oh, the pic is my best friend Tiina dancing with my baby (big baby) Conan. He is an Irish wolfhound. 5 yrs old 7 feet tall on his hind legs and about 3 1/2 ft on all 4's! I am 5' 2" and he can lick my chin just standing there! lol He is a big baby and a really good dog but loves the kids and my Hubby all equally! There is a pic in my profile of him and my hubby.0 -
Super-Bowl was AWESOME for our household! (My husband and pals watched the game....I sat in another room with another t.v. and watched a couple chick-flicks and THEN Downton Abbey!)
I also fasted all day, yesterday - ending with 855 calories (my husband made lasagna and chicken wings - yummy!).
FINALLY, I can return to my "ordinary" schedule. That means I lift M/W/F. I'm doing 1/2 cardio-class this evening after work (daughter can only finish half....she's 11). And, I FINALLY get to go to my regularly-scheduled-Saturday-morning cardio step class. They have been MISSING me and, apparently, somebody actually STOOD IN MY SPOT last week! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks.
Anyway, now that I am on "mexico-count-down", it's good to get my work-outs in. It will be good to keep my calories in check. And, I'm feeling TOTALLY excited that I'm out of WINTER MISERY WEATHER in 2 short weeks!
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Good morning cool kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: How was your weekend?? How about those Seahawks? Sorry for those who feel down. It is just a game. :laugh: and those players have a lot of money...so they are not suffering. LOL I am not a football fan, actually, not a sports fan in general but it was fun to watch a little. I liked Bruno Mars too!!
I started a nutrition challenge with my facebook friends. There will be different challenges every week. This week: Eat 5-9 servings of veggies and fruits. Lots of people signed up and some have posted pics of their meals others are really quite...LOL If I can change just one person I am happy!!!
No fasting today, woke up kinda hungry. I will be doing intermittently, no stresses.
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Well, I did it. I went on my lunch break and signed up at a new gym. Tomorrow I will go and cancel my other membership. Now to get after my husband to be proactive and get all of his things together the night before so he will be ready to go with me in the mornings. It was nice though. I walked over there to sign up and it took me all of 7minutes!! Love it!
Super Bowl party we went to last night was great. Lots of awesome food. I did not even try to log what I ate there. Just way too much! Back on target today though. We got home late so I slept in a bit and did aerobics at my house this morning. It's always a good work out!!
Beeps~ Sweet vacation!! Sounds like fun!
Alf- I'm not a huge sports fan either, but I do like a good game if I'm going to watch. While my hubby was excited about the outcome, the game itself was rather dull. Denver did not bring their "A" game for sure. We watch a lot more college sports at my house anyway and did enjoy the Syracuse/Duke Basketball game on Saturday- that was a GAME!
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My poor Broncos!!! :sad:
Had fun all weekend though, and took a mini break from logging food.
Back at it this week. I have about seven pounds to goal weight and I'm hoping to hit it by my wedding anniversary in March.
Lots of work still to do! Have a great evening!0 -
Hello from the West Coast!! I have been on MFP for a while, but I am new to the Boards.0
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It's Tuesday! Can't say that I'm too excited. Jake was at the house this morning and I hate to leave to come to work when he is there. I just don't get to spend as much time with him as I would like to.
:frown: Any how, I did my aerobics work out this morning and now I am at work. Not much else going on today.
Tomorrow my hubby is planning on going to the gym for the first time in a long time. I usually take Wednesdays as a rest day and I am feeling like I could use one. I will have to think about this- do I take him in at my regular work time, or do I just plan to work out an extra day and go in earlier??? Hmmm, we'll see.0 -
Hi cool Kids,
Kelly Sue - Congratulations!!! Awesome month end results for sure!
Beeps - you didn't reach your goal, but you are still doing so great! You are consistent and dedicated, and I know that many of us admire and are inspired by both you and Alf for your consistency. That .8 lbs will soon be gone, I'm sure.
I went into the weekend doing really well with my workouts and diet, and had been losing a little bit of weight consistently throughout the week. Then.........Saturday dinner with the family set me right back! How can one meal mess up your entire week? :noway: But it did! So, Sunday, I was back at it. Am not where I was on Saturday morning, but almost. :grumble:
The diet and exercise program the trainer has me on is a good one for me. The M/W/F strength training workouts are hard! I tell ya, I could almost cry at some points, but they are only 30 minutes long and I feel good after them. Beat, but good.
The diet portion is also easy to follow - lots of protein spaced out throughout the day...so I am eating a little bit, often, which really seems to be working for me. Never hungry and always eating, but all healthy stuff. So, I'm happy. It will be easy to keep up when we go to Quebec as we are renting a condo, so will have our own kitchen facilities, even if it is just to prepare breakfast.
My clinic hosted a Menopause Gala for women on Friday night which was a HUGE success! It was an upscale event, with a very inexpensive ticket price. All money raised went to our hospital foundation and all give aways and food were donated by different community partners. It is the buzz of the town, which is nice. :happy: It was a lot of work, but so worth it.0 -
sdereski - I'm excited to see how all those small meals, when you aren't hungry, turn out for you....sounds like an interesting experiment and you sound very positive about it! I also like the "menopause gala" - I get to see ZERO of my gf's these days and I'm hopeful that, sometime in the future, we can get together and hang at stuff JUST LIKE THAT!
KellySue - go for the "extra" work-out! I always look at those in a way that I don't HAVE to bang out the strongest weights and I don't HAVE to run my hardest....just kind of leisurely enjoying some time in the gym!
Also, SEATTLE ROCKS!
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Congratulations on your loss. Doesn't that sound odd!0
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Hellooooo!
OMG, seems like forever since I posted last! Been very busy with life and work... the usual I guess.
too much awesomeness in the thread to comment on any single thing so... 'Woot' to everyone!
I believe I have come full swing with the 20/4 fasting protocol and am finding it such a relief to not have to worry about packing lunches and snacks for work anymore! I am limiting my workouts to 20-30 minutes and am finding that my energy levels have remained consistant. I have been easily eating my macro goals as well, with the focus on protein and healthy fats. Success!
Have an awesome day everyone and keep up the *kitten* kicking!!0 -
Whatabroad, wow!!! I want to reach that kind of freedom!!!! :drinker: :drinker: I did 18 hrs today but I still had to pack a lot of food to eat at work before I went to teach a Zumba class. Then when I came home I ate some more. The same is going to happen tomorrow because I teach at 7pm and I have to stop eating by 6pm, if not I am way too full to teach. :noway: I am still not hitting the protein I want to eat!!! :grumble: I am going to have to incorporate some greek yogurt into my diet again. I was avoiding dairy. I also need to eat more servings of meat or find a high protein powder. Suggestions?
Sdereski, great to hear from you!!! What is your trainer have you do that can have you in tears? :laugh: :noway:
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Hey all! Snow day for me. It's icky here right now and my program is closed today. Needless to say, we didn't get to the gym this morning. Shoveling is in the line up of activity for the day though!
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Kellysue, shoveling is hard work in my book!!!! Take care!! :flowerforyou:0
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Hi all,
Just checking in...
got a 20 minute run in yesterday for my cardio workout and then headed to curling where I worked a bit more - sweeping. We won our game, so it's all good.
Down a little bit more in weight again this morning...still not where I was on Saturday, but less than half a pound away.
Did my workout this morning - it is not getting any easier!
Heading to Quebec City tomorrow for the winter carnival and my BIL's 60th birthday. Lots of family going, so it should be a FUN weekend! My goal is to try and keep my diet in check and not drink too many of my calories.
devastating fire in our town yesterday. Saw the smoke when I came out of visiting my friend at her office, yet had not noticed the smoke 20 minutes prior. A family owned apartment building was totally destroyed, leaving about 8 people homeless. This building is in an old section of town, and many of the folks that lived there were lower income. So sad, as these people don't have much to start with and now have lost what little they had. There are already things in place to collect monetary donations as well as household items and clothes. It's been such a cold winter, with so much snow, that it made fighting this fire even more of a challenge - fire hydrants frozen up, running out of water, etc. Awful! Those poor fire fighters are still at the sight.
Thankfully, no one lost their life. As far as we know, one person has been hospitalized.
So, make sure you dryer vents are clear, smoke detectors work, and NO SMOKING IN BED!0 -
Good Morning
This is my first post Have been reading thru this tread and this group is great.
Currently doing the c25k running program on week 6 day 2 Signed up to run a 5k on
April 19th Looking for something to bust me out of this plateau adding resistance training along with cardio hopefully will do it0 -
Today, I am fasting. Today, I am lifting. Send BODYFAT LOSS vibes my way, please!!0
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The snow is kinda missing us so far this year! We will get some when we go farther north to work this weekend. We usually have at least one snow day by now! lol poor kids are missing playing in it. Locals seem to think we may get it late like April! Guess we will see!
I tell ya, 250 days on here! Hormone therapy is really kicking in! Dr says it takes at least 6 months for everything to start changing your body. I have been on it since Aug of 2013. I can see and feel the difference in myself. Body is leaner, energy is finally picking up, hair and nails are strong and growing like crazy, my face has a glow that I don't recall ever having and recovery time from a hard workout is less and less! I think the biggest thing is that I really feel like doing stuff instead of forcing myself to do it! It's like that's done so what next! woo hoo!
I am going to hit the strider today with HRM on and see how I do. That machine always kicks my booty! lol
Take care out there in the snow friends!
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Congrats on 250 days, princessofred!
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I'll be 41 early March. Just started getting serious about my weight loss and health building. Loving this site and the app, best thing for me.
As an extra challenge I also went cold turkey after 22 years of smoking last week, and doing great there as well, didn't even thing about it in the last 2 days lol!
My youngest kid turns 3 on Sunday, I want to be there long term for her, and for the rest of my family, but most of all, I'm doing this for me! I want to look good and feel great
Looking for lots of friends to help me keep motivated, and to help motivate, share ideas, pains anything, friend me up 0 -
42 years old. In Australia, trying to go for lunchtime runs without suffering heatstroke. What's this 'snow' thing people are talking about?
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Happy Thursday! Back at work today. Got in an aerobics session before hand. I will be at the gym tomorrow without fail!! I am already getting my husband in the mode to go as well. (I need to start talking about it so that he will not be in total shock when I tell him he has to get up at 5:30 tomorrow!! LOL!)
Welcome to the new people!! :flowerforyou:0 -
Today is my cardio day. Wow, but it is hard going out to the gym when I get home from work with all this cold, gross weather.
I saw my trainer last night and it seems he is either telling me I am eating too little or too much. I keep telling him that getting nagged about my diet (by another trainer) is what drove me into an obsession with calories, logging, forbidden foods lists and eventually a weight loss I could not sustain with the way I was eating. I have learned...eat to lose the way you will the rest of your life. Obviously, quantity varies, but don't expect to go "off" your diet and start eating the old way. Take it from me, it doesn't work.
Beeps2011 - fasting and lifting seems to me to be counter productive to building muscles. how do you have the energy?
KellySue67 - you are lucky getting your husband to go to the gym. Mine refuses...he is an outdoor person and likes getting his exercise outside. Me, not so much...hate bugs. I love it when my son is home from school because he and I go together and really have a great time.. I learn more about his life when we are in the gym together than when we are at home! I also think it is great you are able to get up early and go to the gym. I've always wanted to do that, but mornings are tough for me. It is all I can do to get to work on time!0 -
threshkreen~ My husband hasn't been to the gym in a long, long time! He is disabled and will be going back for the first time tomorrow. We probably will be doing differnt things since we are on way different fitness levels. He needs to be able to use the pool because he has severe arthritis and joint problems. I like my weights and cardio machines, but just the fact that he is going to go is wonderful for us both!! As far as getting up in the moring to go, I really have to do it this way. I don't get out of work until 6:00pm and it is just too late to go then and still have to worry about having dinner and all. My thinking is that if I want to be healthy and fit bad enough, I will do what I can to get there!!!0
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KellySue, I'm very happy to read that your husband is going to the gym!! I think it makes working out way easier if your partner is a part of that lifestyle choice! Doesn't matter that you are doing different exercises, etc....doesn't even matter if you go at separate times (I know LOTS of families where mom stays home with kids so Dad can work out and then Dad repays the favour so Mom can work out!)....it's just nice to have a family that is dedicated to fitness/nutrition!
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threshkreen - I don't find fasted work-outs tough, at all! I used to believe, much like you have suggested, that I couldn't make it through ANY work-out without FIRST making sure my body had "enough energy". But, as I started trying "fasted" work-outs - first on the cardio side and then on the strength side, I just never went back....for me, it is no problem at all!
I do drink TONS of water, though, everyday and all day long and I'm wondering if my perfect-hydration levels have something to do with the fact I can work-out, in my 16th fasting hour - which I do every M/W/F, without any negative effects.
I am not hungry, at ALL before I work-out and during my work-out....but I am thirsty and I do drink a LOT of water.
Usually, after my work-out, I down a 150 cal, 32 g of protein, protein shake....but, because I'm aiming for bodyfat loss just now, I'm even gonna nix the shake to see if that helps my scale weight go DOWN. Dunno - I'm just one experiment after another!0 -
I treated myself this week bought some new running shoes and new work out clothes and I am lovin it! I ran over 4 miles on Monday night (that is what I used to run when I was in my 30's on a daily basis). I am feeling great and really fitting in the groove of good eating and staying within my calorie goals and consistient workouts. The morning thing was not working so I readjusted and just make sure I get it done sometime throughout the day. Props to you morning workout people :drinker: I wish I could do but I just did not feel excited about it :explode:
Threshkreen - hang in there and do what works for you. The long term is what we are going for and you sound like you have been up and down this road before so learn from your past. Use your trainer as a resource along with all of your other knowledge you have learned and are still seeking and remember you are the one in control of your own destiny. Slow and Steady wins the race.
Kelly Sue - It will be awesome to have your husband with you tomorrow for your workout. I have a good feeling about your new gym and I have a feeling you are going to soar!!! I hope the gym helps your husbands medical conditions.
Welcome to the new peeps and the Australia people. What do you mean what is this "snow" thing:laugh: I thought is was freezing everywhere.... Can you send us a heat wave:glasses: I had - 12F below zero this morning again on my drive to work with wind chill
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Great day here... Freezing rain has stopped and now the sun is shinning. Its been a while since the sun has been out. I'll take it!
Great core workout this morning.0 -
Well got home on Monday night and finally weighed myself on Wednesday as I normally take a couple of days for my weight to stabilise after flying. Was only at 107.6 kg which was a bit of a disappointment, but my wife and daughter said I looked thinner which was considerably more re-assuring and my new shirts do feel roomier.
Got my new FitBit Aria scale yesterday and they showed a me at 107.1 so even better this morning.
Back into the routine on my eliptical at home and dog walks in the morning, have to get evrything out of the way early otherwise it is just too hot, days are up over 95 this week.
Night out tonight to see Bruce Springsteen for the first time since July 4th 1984......he has aged considerably better than me... just home I can match him for the 20 year!.0
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